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The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
Snuff smoke in the environment can seriously affect the health of , According to a report published in the latest issue of “Circulation.”
It is a paradox, maybe one of the largest in the history of mankind. The epidemic is claiming more deaths in the world-more than AIDS, wars, genocides, that is tolerated and encouraged by most governments around the world: it is smoking. Ten thousand people die each day because of cigarette smoke. It has been known for nearly a century that snuff kills, and not a day that goes by that does not appear that a new scientific study adds more evidence of the ravages of health ..
An important part of the paradox is that cigarette smoke, besides being bad for those who spend a percentage of your salary in it also hurts those who have to swallow it in spite of lack of legislation establishing a modicum of respect for the non-smoking and health policy to promote social education.
The figures speak for themselves. In the latest research carried out with passive smoking, which was just published in the latest issue of Circulation, has shown that after a non-smoker spends a half hour in a room where there’s smoke snuff, its stores of antioxidants (including vitamin C) down to a minimum. These are substances that protect, among other things, the arteries do not form plaques (causes of cardiovascular disease). Read the rest of this entry »
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Passive smoking
Cigarette smoke “at rest” Second-hand Smoke
In Spain there are five million passive smokers (non-smokers who are exposed to the risks of this snuff smoke indoors) involuntary and dangerously consuming, on average, equivalent to an amount ranging from three to six cigarettes a day, but smoke still worse than the smoker inhales directly to the shed.
Second-hand smoke causes snuff called “passive smoking”, which ranks third in the list of preventable deaths worldwide. Despite that affects us all, children and pregnant women are the population most vulnerable to its effects.
High levels of toxicity
Concentrations of toxic substances such as carbon monoxide and nicotine, among others, are higher in secondhand smoke than in the set (three times more nicotine and tar, and five times more carbon monoxide). This is compounded by the fact that environmental smoke particles are smaller with burn more slowly, which also produce more toxic substances, allows them to enter the nose and mouth more easily than the smoke inhaled directly to the shed. The result is very harmful act by different mechanisms and the smoke that the smoker swallows with their puffs.
Thus, it was found that the concentrations of tar and carbon monoxide in tobacco smoke are similar to those of a smoker snuff “normal” five cigarettes a day. Read the rest of this entry »
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Other benefits of quitting smoking
Other benefits of quitting smoking:
* Will suffer fewer colds and throat discomfort.
* Reduces the risk of thrombosis and stroke
* In women who take birth control lowers the risk of stroke or heart attacks.
* If you are pregnant, it eliminates some risk of serious illness for your child.
* Improve its economy. With that snuff may be less of a whim.
* Improve safety by reducing the risk of fire or accident.
* Improve physical and aesthetic appearance. Disappears, bad breath, improve the odor of his clothes and his house in general. Improve hydration of your skin, have fewer wrinkles and yellowing will disappear from the hands and nails.
* If you have children be a good example for them and not harm their health (passive smoking).